Fallowfield Stadium (Manchester)

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The Liverpool Mercury Mar 19 1894
FOOTBALL: The County Cup
The tie between Everton and The Rovers on the neutral ground  of Fallowfield on Saturday was universally voted as an open affair, and this being so, with every promise of a capital game, it was surprising that the attendance of the public was so small as 9,000;but perhaps it would have been larger had the ground of some football club been chosen instead of that of an athletics organisation. Of the adaptability, however, of the Fallowfield enclosure for accommodation and the evenness of the field of play, no one can dispute, and it was doubtless the only suitable ground in the County for this particular match since Ewood Park and Goodison Park were out of Court.

Re Rugby, Lancashire and Yorkshire met there in 1892 before a crowd of 15,000. A touring South African (1902) and Australian (1908) Rugby team played there in the early 1900s.

It was also noted for Lacrosse, the English Final attracting a crowd of 2,000 late 1800s.

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[paulmh]

Thank you for that, didn't realise Everton had played their too!